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Committee of the Whole House
noun
- (in Britain) an informal sitting of the House of Commons to discuss and amend a bill
Example Sentences
Main debate: This is the first of two days of Committee of the Whole House on the Illegal Migration Bill.
Main debate: Day two of Committee of the Whole House on the Illegal Migration Bill - including clauses permanently banning people from the UK if they've entered illegally.
He also selects amendments to be considered when MPs sit as a Committee of the Whole House, as they did over the Early Election Bill, last week.
She has no voting powers on final passage of bills but does sit on committees and, under Democrat control of the House, can vote when the House sits as a committee of the whole House.
Committee stage often happens away from the television cameras in a Public Bill Committee - but for really important bills they are examined in the Commons chamber, in what's called a committee of the whole House.
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